GDS news from Travelport, Amadeus, Sabre, Abacus – January 2012

Product news, releases, projects and more from the global distribution systems during January 2012 – all here, in one easy read.

Thursday 26 January 2012:

■Amadeus signs four-year distribution agreement with Travix mega-group. The deal covers the portfolio of Travix brands such as CheapTickets, Vliegwinkel.nl, Flugladen, BudgetAir, Vayama and Easytobook. The Amadeus Extreme Search system is also included as part of agreement.

■With Google, Apple and Facebook on the prowl, will hotels lose even more control of distribution?

■Is it time for a global HotelWiki to assist the industry (and consumers) with hotel distribution?